Peri Peri French Fries Recipe | How to Make Homemade French Fries

French fries are a sinful treat and loved by both adults and children alike. We often wonder how the French fries stay so crispy when we get them outside but not when made at home. That is actually not true. If you use these tricks you can make the perfectly cooked and crunchy French fries at home.

My favourite and non-guilty way of making French fries is in airfryer. The fries come out looking perfectly fried and crispy. You will not be able to tell that they are not deep fried. I also love making peri peri French fries using my favourite peri peri seasoning that I use quite often at home. Peri peri sauce and seasoning are my favourite cooking condiments these days.

Ingredients

Instructions

Soak cut fries for about 30 minutes in cold water. This helps to remove the starch from the fries which helps in keeping the fries separate.

Now strain the water and pat dry the fries with a dry cloth. Your potato fries are now ready to be cooked.

Making French fries in an Airfryer:

Take 2-3 tbsp. oil and sprinkle all over the fries so that they are coated with oil.

Brush the airfryer basket with some oil as well. Now pile up the fries in the airfryer basket.

Pre-heat at 160 deg C for 6 minutes. Put the airfryer basket inside and cook for 10 minutes at 160 deg C. This helps the fries to cook. Now hike the temperature to 200 deg C and further cook the fries for about 10-12 minutes. Make sure that you turn the fries once every 5 minutes in each cycle. This helps them to cook evenly. This cooking at higher temperature makes the fries super crispy.

Take them out and immediately sprinkle peri peri seasoning on them. Your Airfried French fries are ready to serve. I can bet that you won’t be able to tell that they are not deep-fried.

Deep Frying French fries:

Heat enough oil in a pan to deep fry fries. Heat the oil and bring it to medium heat. Now put in the soaked and dried fries and fry on a medium till they are half fried. The fries will not be golden brown but will look slightly done. Take them out and drain on a kitchen towel.

Now increase the heat of the oil and once again fry the half-fried fries. They should have cooled down by now. Just like the airfryer, this second frying at higher temperature is to give a crispy golden-brown shell to the French fries. Drain on an absorbent paper tower and sprinkle with peri peri seasoning. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

Cut the fries in even shapes so that they cook uniformly.

Doing the process of soaking in water and drying fries before airfrying or deep frying really lets you have crunchy fries that do not stick.

You can also use other seasoning like oregano, chaat masala, chilli flakes and salt.

Nutrition Facts

How to Make French Fries | French Fries Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 188Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Fat 7g11%

Sodium 21mg1%

Potassium 879mg25%

Carbohydrates 26g9%

Fiber 5g21%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin C 24.3mg29%

Calcium 64mg6%

Iron 6.9mg38%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Airfried French fries is my favourite way of making restaurant-style French fries at home. You can try the Airfryer I use at home. I hope you liked the recipes and will try them out. As you can tell, kids absolutely love these Peri peri French fries. You can use any other seasoning that you like as well.

5 comments

I wish I could give it 100 stars. Both the kid and I love French fries. I usually wash the fries, pat dry and store it in the deep fridge for an hour before frying them in oil. The boy loves it with chat masala while u love peri peri fries.

French fries! Just the name has me drooling! I made this regularly at home when Vidur visits. Other times–usually with sweet potatoes. I’ve tried baking them and they turned out pretty well, too, Rachna. Must get an air fryer.